www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Alliance For Justicehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/alliance-for-justice/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Alliance For Justiceen-usTue, 11 Feb 2014 20:53:11 -0500Unions pressing for judges friendly to labor; alliance sees more lack of diversity on benchhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/11/alliance-sees-more-lack-of-diversity-on-bench/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Not satisfied with President Obama for appointing record numbers of gay, female and minority judges, liberal groups and labor unions are now pressuring the president to nominate more jurists who have backgrounds working for unions and public-interest organizations.</p> <p>The Alliance for Justice, a coalition of more than 100 liberal groups, ...Dave BoyerTue, 11 Feb 2014 20:53:11 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/11/alliance-sees-more-lack-of-diversity-on-bench/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSObama short of judges for his liberal agendahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/24/obama-short-of-judges-for-his-liberal-agenda/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>President Obama already has sketched out a left-leaning legal agenda for his second term on issues such as gun control, climate change and gay rights, but he is falling far short in nominating the judges to help him uphold it.</p> <p>During Mr. Obama's first term, judicial vacancies rose about 50 ...Dave BoyerThu, 24 Jan 2013 23:01:06 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/24/obama-short-of-judges-for-his-liberal-agenda/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS